Earth Charter Podcast: Turning Conscience into Action
Hosted by Mirian Vilela, Earth Charter International’s Executive Director.
This podcast brings to you conversations with great thinkers, scholars and activists in the fields of sustainability, ethics, education and movements of social transformation from around the world.
These conversations include personal stories, reflections on current global challenges, the evolving process (and concept) of sustainability, education for sustainable development, a new paradigm of education, stories of the Earth Charter drafting process, as well as reflections on some key ideas and principles in the Earth Charter.

Earth Charter Podcast: Turning Conscience into Action
Hosted by Mirian Vilela, Earth Charter International’s Executive Director.
This podcast brings to you conversations with great thinkers, scholars and activists in the fields of sustainability, ethics, education and movements of social transformation from around the world.
These conversations include personal stories, reflections on current global challenges, the evolving process (and concept) of sustainability, education for sustainable development, a new paradigm of education, stories of the Earth Charter drafting process, as well as reflections on some key ideas and principles in the Earth Charter.

The purpose of this podcast is to generate some new insights and inspire informed action. Through these conversations, we aim to help you expand your understanding of the worldview that is articulated in the Earth Charter, the current challenges humanity faces, education for sustainability, new paradigms of education, and more.
Our hope is that this will spark your thinking, curiosity, and interest to learn more and engage in the Earth Charter global movement. Together we can contribute to processes of social transformation towards a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.
- Season 1: Earth Charter history and key ideas
- Season 2: Topical Issues, the Global Situation and the Earth Charter
- Season 3: Transformative Learning, ESD and the Futures of Education
- Season 4: Turning Conscience into Action
- Season 5: Planetary Consciousness and Ethics of Care
Click here to see all the seasons and episodes.
If you enjoy the podcast, we invite you to consider donating to help us continue this work.
You can also listen to the Podcast Episodes in Spanish by clicking here.
Select the podcast season you'd like to view
Earth Charter history and key ideas

Universal Responsibility, Peace, Sustainability and Education

The Earth Charter and the Integrated Ethical Vision

Biodiversity, Biosafety, and the Principles Involved

Ecological Integrity, Climate Change and the Earth Charter

Global Ethics and the Earth Charter

Earth Community, Interdependence and the Papal Encyclicals

Global Challenges, Sustainability, and Social Movements

The Layer Cake Metaphor and True Indicators of Progress

Sustainable Development, International Cooperation, and the Earth Charter

The Brundtland Report, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter

Reflections on Some Earth Charter Principles

Experiences with Nature, the Origins of the Earth Charter, and Reflections about Some Earth Charter Principles
Topical Issues, the Global Situation and the Earth Charter

Conscious and Ethical Leadership and the Common Good

Systems Thinking and the Need for Systems Literacy

The Earth Charter and Ecological Civilization

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Earth Charter and the Business Sector

Ecological Integrity and the Right to a Healthy Environment for Present and Future Generations

Gaining Traction for Climate Change Ethics

The Earth Charter, International Environmental Law and Global Governance

Paradigm Shift, Earth Community, Ecological Civilization and the Phantom Wealth

A New Consciousness and the Eight-fold Way towards Sustainability
Transformative Learning, ESD and the Futures of Education

The future of Higher Education and the hope for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Bringing Environmental Ethics into Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Finding the linkages between Global Citizenship Education, Education for Sustainable Development and Value Creating Education

The Evolution of Education for a Sustainable Future

Transformative Learning and Education for Sustainable Development

Education, Ecological Literacy and Awareness of our Natural Systems

Education for Sustainable Development and the Futures of Education

Worldviews, Ecological Perception and the Earth Charter

Education for Sustainable Development, Literature, and Critical Thinking

Education, Transformative Learning and the Earth Charter

Sustainability and the Earth Charter in Higher Education

Education, the Earth Charter and Gandhi’s Philosophy

Education for Sustainable Development, Literature, and Critical Thinking 2
Turning Conscience into Action

Systems Thinking, Science and Ethics driving a paradigm shift

From Stars to Consciousness: The Universe Story with Brian Swimme

Storytelling Through Documentaries: Nature, Self Love, and Interconnectedness with Céline Cousteau

Ecological Civilization, Deep Transformation and the Web of Meaning with Jeremy Lent

African Self-Liberation and New Narratives of Hope with Mamphela Ramphele and Nolita Mvunelo

Environmental Law, The Earth Charter, and Ecological Civilizations with Nicholas Robinson

Earth Democracy and Ecological Civilization with Vandana Shiva

Confucianism, the Earth Charter and Ecological Civilization with Tu Weiming

Education as a driver of social change with Douglas Bourn

Indigenous worldviews and the Indigenomics approach with Carol Anne Hilton

The Politics of Being, when basic needs having been met and mindful eating with Thomas Legrand

Reflections on the Rights of Nature, Earth Laws, and Earth-centered Governance with Michelle Maloney

Spirituality in Education and exploring The Awakened Brain with Lisa Miller

Creating Lasting Peace Through Education

Ten years later: Lessons learned by the garment industry from the Rana Plaza disaster

Insights from UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative

Reflections on Leadership, Learnings from the wisdom of Indigenous Peoples

Reflections on Intergenerational and Climate Justice and the learnings from the Indigenous worldviews

Living WITH Earth Rather Than ON Earth
Planetary Consciousness and Ethics of Care

Building Bridges: Trade, Sustainability, and Education

Bringing Ecology, Justice and Ethics into education

Compassion and Consciousness: Rethinking Reality
Select the podcast season you'd like to view
Earth Charter history and key ideas

Universal Responsibility, Peace, Sustainability and Education

The Earth Charter and the Integrated Ethical Vision

Biodiversity, Biosafety, and the Principles Involved

Ecological Integrity, Climate Change and the Earth Charter

Global Ethics and the Earth Charter

Earth Community, Interdependence and the Papal Encyclicals

Global Challenges, Sustainability, and Social Movements

The Layer Cake Metaphor and True Indicators of Progress

Sustainable Development, International Cooperation, and the Earth Charter

The Brundtland Report, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter

Reflections on Some Earth Charter Principles

Experiences with Nature, the Origins of the Earth Charter, and Reflections about Some Earth Charter Principles
Topical issues/themes and the Earth Charter

Conscious and Ethical Leadership and the Common Good

Systems Thinking and the Need for Systems Literacy

The Earth Charter and Ecological Civilization

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Earth Charter and the Business Sector

Ecological Integrity and the Right to a Healthy Environment for Present and Future Generations

Gaining Traction for Climate Change Ethics

The Earth Charter, International Environmental Law and Global Governance

Paradigm Shift, Earth Community, Ecological Civilization and the Phantom Wealth

A New Consciousness and the Eight-fold Way towards Sustainability
Education

The future of Higher Education and the hope for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Bringing Environmental Ethics into Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Finding the linkages between Global Citizenship Education, Education for Sustainable Development and Value Creating Education

The Evolution of Education for a Sustainable Future

Transformative Learning and Education for Sustainable Development

Education, Ecological Literacy and Awareness of our Natural Systems

Education for Sustainable Development and the Futures of Education

Worldviews, Ecological Perception and the Earth Charter

Education for Sustainable Development, Literature, and Critical Thinking

Education, Transformative Learning and the Earth Charter

Sustainability and the Earth Charter in Higher Education

Education, the Earth Charter and Gandhi’s Philosophy

Education for Sustainable Development, Literature, and Critical Thinking 2
Education

Systems Thinking, Science and Ethics driving a paradigm shift

From Stars to Consciousness: The Universe Story with Brian Swimme

Storytelling Through Documentaries: Nature, Self Love, and Interconnectedness with Céline Cousteau

Ecological Civilization, Deep Transformation and the Web of Meaning with Jeremy Lent

African Self-Liberation and New Narratives of Hope with Mamphela Ramphele and Nolita Mvunelo

Environmental Law, The Earth Charter, and Ecological Civilizations with Nicholas Robinson

Earth Democracy and Ecological Civilization with Vandana Shiva

Confucianism, the Earth Charter and Ecological Civilization with Tu Weiming

Education as a driver of social change with Douglas Bourn

Indigenous worldviews and the Indigenomics approach with Carol Anne Hilton

The Politics of Being, when basic needs having been met and mindful eating with Thomas Legrand

Reflections on the Rights of Nature, Earth Laws, and Earth-centered Governance with Michelle Maloney

Spirituality in Education and exploring The Awakened Brain with Lisa Miller

Creating Lasting Peace Through Education

Ten years later: Lessons learned by the garment industry from the Rana Plaza disaster

Insights from UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative

Reflections on Leadership, Learnings from the wisdom of Indigenous Peoples

Reflections on Intergenerational and Climate Justice and the learnings from the Indigenous worldviews

Living WITH Earth Rather Than ON Earth
Credits:
- Mirian Vilela: Host and Executive Producer.
- Turner Mojica: English voice-over introduction.
- María Sosa Segnini: Spanish voice-over introduction, Webpage & podcast editor.
This podcast is developed by Earth Charter International as part of our work as UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development with the Earth Charter.
